The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27
sEsr IN rHs eExxRAE sEsAroxs.
A Sample Days orist In that Fsu{us rim
OF Justice.

A ss-pIs Days orast In tAas Fan tus MN
or Justice.
From ts sarannaA we,cs.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Every morning there
City. Half a 6ig van OF. about the same loior as
me sr9%d asiisenns s%iiI fren an L n and piG Is FsSs,ed
az sp t sssi ,Ts 70 one 81 81 d tn e three ss eoara room INV where are
locked up In apartments opening Tito the
answer. as a description Of, all the rist and
criminal courts Of the metropolis are ra{..
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s proHsn sae ssassT EonTflhts He hall io Ioa saHm h 4 sh sos
are SFoTSd I'd Sn With , z motley q. i.a thr9 nns ), a p vi,
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At,1 O'Clock one Of the NUMEROUS court of
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announces the coming Of the Judge. The
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there is little time for, superfuous Formally
l hswg gsS;, Grs sbin lSoF fSs Bis t. lean htt Syer th q all:
luks DtulDu WuiCh FIX <ttohhO VI ouS
proach the bench to. confer with the, Judge.
s sS%sti%I s%,e shs a Sndfai slfen e. fSs eeomss 10 ,o Ssi
that q stern court official has to rap for ot1er.
Ihe Slerk;, who ,h has ,S Learned nsaol By d lGIg . proS!S:
d %s' q indGid MsnE ' and calls S' out the Il q
They are frequently brought in two at . tipe.
a s, s;Hfrpri9sFtPp sing number apa b .b Of m the prisoners 3 ss Q 'o5 Hllssssd
Of New York, and not infreapentiy have SERVED
plements his sentence with the remark that,it
S %SSld when be better sunTid fer the q t fH%aq ai%o: '. 4 e 9ri !:
sent up G fer l liiey yna, opinion which many Of tho
proWl about the streets ToSeins Children.
ali their own. and answer the Judges aass.
lions IN a half sullen manner. They are sent
with their association, ali schemes to keep the
more deprayed lads separate from the others
in the iInstitution having failed; One Of the
as the only ADEQUATE means Of punishment.
Then 2 young man. with q low forehead and
forward to the, bar and pleads guilty to stealing
q 30. He explains that he was drunk when he
at the !Tombs.' His father. a tall man, we'll
known IN tls city as an 9,lmosti aDstIcai tom
81 SSps with dn' a 'q iIsS. p pup - ses ' sHa he @i Is
,srsd to to p msDd his 1G1 w !n1r.y a 4 par aha ad1
timid-looking prisoner. who is forever strok-
1 Wsr ai sn sai as 1a & b bsf ths st @ane SlerE ( S Ss',sS for Or
Sns Il s tome of Ro ss' and ri shesn u %reseesniz aa
" Oh Yes. / re%em mbe 9 aoaf f II PHI pr1so sna GAGS ssies
court the pTEosecutor's fa.yor, y reaching for
GER s%r escorts % sRim back naa to the w,'p pr h,%i Gs' room 90 n% at
a rapid gait and his case is set down for trial
y 4 A lawyer With with a round face and spectacles.
charged with setting fire to a block in the heart
cause he has the earache. He gets his hearts
desire, and then the clerk calls the name Ola
him, and then the clerk shouts for the business
man who went his bail to produce the prisoner.
! 6s, PS ioIislfed NAN %h fstls m to aS it. 50 and %u shs to sn try
business man, is made on the record Of the case.
A young and comely woman who has been
thss Judge, who sometimes Gfndglses in a grim
s q bey es ese n = Mnas Wiz II Shs q T inef If sh sps Ssate su 2.
R p s 3 IN a dT 70 Sssts she h1Isn mak Sst no 1 se ? She ne
Sessions, altheugh they are the 'channels
A young man. charged with picking pockets.
admits that he has been in State prison, but
says that he was driven to crime because the
story OF his former imprisonment followed him
and drove him from work. He grows eloquent
as he tells his sad story, but the Court has to
sentence him to a long term in State prison,
and he walks away with the suspicion Of mois. ,
In his eyes. A very black man. charged
with stealing a pool ticket, pleads, not guilty,
and says he has no moneyto hire . lawyer. The
= Judge calls on a young lawyer, near The railing
ney looks net pleased, for he is allowed no
court he is compelled to undertake It, and
withdraws to consult with his dusky client.
Thus the machinery grinds on. The Grand
Jury comes in, and all other business waits
until they are polled and have handed UP their
hugo package Of indictments. The Grand Jury
is always In session in the brown Court House,
one going, on duty as soon as another Is dis
There Is a brief recess at X o'clock,
and the Judge ~retires to eat a luncheon brought
to his room from q restaurant. Half
an hour. later the grind begins again.
Those who have wished to. plead have
disposed OF at the morning ses-
sion, and the afternoon is devoted to the
trial OF, n Jury case. Occasionally the trial Is
for a moment to. permit some pris-
to plead. One neatly-clad woman, with q
face, .tottered to the bar ono day to
answer e the charge Of setting fire to her own
OF the day; II was, shown thatshe had no
She was discharged, and was so moved at being
acquitted that she tottered from the court
room, fairly falling at the door as she went out.